Alvin C. Silva

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Alvin C. Silva is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alvin C. Silva has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 22 papers in Surgery and 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alvin C. Silva's work include Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging (17 papers), Radiation Dose and Imaging (14 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (13 papers). Alvin C. Silva is often cited by papers focused on Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging (17 papers), Radiation Dose and Imaging (14 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (13 papers). Alvin C. Silva collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Alvin C. Silva's co-authors include Amy K. Hara, William Pavlicek, Robert G. Paden, Qing Wu, Yoshiko Sagara, Brian Morse, Norio Hongo, Jonathan A. Leighton, Giovanni De Petris and C. Daniel Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gastroenterology and Radiology.

In The Last Decade

Alvin C. Silva

61 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Iterative Reconstruction Technique for Reducing Body Radiation Dose at CT: Feasibility Study

2009 600 citations Amy K. Hara, Robert G. Paden et al. profile →
Innovations in CT Dose Reduction Strategy: Application of the Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm

2009 462 citations Alvin C. Silva, Amy K. Hara et al. profile →

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Avinash Kambadakone United States

Giorgio Ascenti Italy

Silvio Mazziotti Italy

Daniele Marin United States

Masaaki Akahane Japan

Manjiri Dighe United States

Christoph D. Becker Switzerland

Daniel A. Merton United States

Sebastian T. Schindera Switzerland

Hans Scheffel Switzerland

Avinash Kambadakone United States

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1.1k ×2.0

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433 ×1.1

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alvin C. Silva

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All Works

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Ronot, Maxime, Michael Wells, Antonio Luna, et al.. (2025). Hypointense Findings on Hepatobiliary Phase MR Images. Radiographics. 45(2). e240090–e240090.

Wu, Jing, Alireza Mohseni, Mihir Khunte, et al.. (2025). Federated Learning for Renal Tumor Segmentation and Classification on Multi‐Center MRI Dataset. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 62(3). 814–824.

Wu, Teresa, et al.. (2024). A Transfer Learning-Based Framework for Classifying Lymph Node Metastasis in Prostate Cancer Patients. Biomedicines. 12(10). 2345–2345. 2 indexed citations

Riaz, Irbaz Bin, Alvin C. Silva, Alan H. Bryce, et al.. (2023). Performing Automatic Identification and Staging of Urothelial Carcinoma in Bladder Cancer Patients Using a Hybrid Deep-Machine Learning Approach. Cancers. 15(6). 1673–1673. 21 indexed citations

Silva, Alvin C., et al.. (2022). Long-term outcomes of prostate intensity-modulated radiation therapy incorporating a simultaneous intra-prostatic MRI-directed boost. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 921465–921465. 4 indexed citations

Rodríguez, Eduardo A., Nan Zhang, Christopher W. T. Miller, et al.. (2019). Clinical Outcomes of Portosystemic Shunts on the Outcome of Liver Transplantation. Liver Transplantation. 26(5). 693–701. 10 indexed citations

Morse, Brian, et al.. (2018). Pearls and pitfalls of response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) v1.1 non-target lesion assessment. Abdominal Radiology. 44(2). 766–774. 21 indexed citations

Kriegshauser, J. Scott, Robert G. Paden, Miao He, et al.. (2017). Rapid kV-switching single-source dual-energy CT ex vivo renal calculi characterization using a multiparametric approach: refining parameters on an expanded dataset. Abdominal Radiology. 43(6). 1439–1445. 11 indexed citations

Abdul‐Muhsin, Haidar, Akira Kawashima, Alvin C. Silva, et al.. (2017). Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Partial Prostatectomy: A Real-time Image-guided Focal Extirpative Feasibility Study. Urology. 107. 262–266. 2 indexed citations

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Singh, Siddharth, Andrew P. Keaveny, Sharon Z. Adam, et al.. (2016). Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance elastography in liver transplant recipients: A pooled analysis. Annals of Hepatology. 15(3). 363–376. 34 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Joel G., et al.. (2016). A primer on the use of dual-energy CT in the evaluation of commonly encountered neoplasms. Abdominal Radiology. 41(8). 1618–1631. 11 indexed citations

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Grimm, Roger C., Kevin J. Glaser, Yinlin Fu, et al.. (2015). Magnetic resonance elastography: evaluation of new inversion algorithm and quantitative analysis method. Abdominal Imaging. 40(4). 810–817. 55 indexed citations

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Silva, Alvin C., Brian Morse, Amy K. Hara, et al.. (2011). Dual-Energy (Spectral) CT: Applications in Abdominal Imaging. Radiographics. 31(4). 1031–1046. 280 indexed citations

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Collins, Joseph M., Alvin C. Silva, & L. Anne Hayman. (2010). Arterial Anatomy of the Pancreas. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 34(4). 633–636. 1 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Cuong C., Jonathan A. Leighton, Shabana F. Pasha, et al.. (2010). The Association of Ménétrier Disease with Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report with Implications on the Pathogenesis of Ménétrier Disease. Case Reports in Gastroenterology. 4(1). 66–70. 10 indexed citations

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Collins, Joseph M., Alvin C. Silva, & L. Anne Hayman. (2010). Arterial Anatomy of the Pancreas. Part 3. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 34(6). 961–965. 8 indexed citations

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Silva, Alvin C., et al.. (2009). MR Imaging of Hypervascular Liver Masses: A Review of Current Techniques. Radiographics. 29(2). 385–402. 69 indexed citations

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Hara, Amy K., Jonathan A. Leighton, Russell I. Heigh, et al.. (2006). Crohn Disease of the Small Bowel: Preliminary Comparison among CT Enterography, Capsule Endoscopy, Small-Bowel Follow-through, and Ileoscopy. Radiology. 238(1). 128–134. 207 indexed citations

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Silva, Alvin C., Amy K. Hara, Jonathan A. Leighton, & Jacques Heppell. (2005). CT Colonography with Intravenous Contrast Material: Varied Appearances of Colorectal Carcinoma. Radiographics. 25(5). 1321–1334. 17 indexed citations

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Silva, Alvin C., J. Friese, Amy K. Hara, & Patrick T. Liu. (2004). MR Cholangiopancreatography: Improved Ductal Distention with Intravenous Morphine Administration. Radiographics. 24(3). 677–687. 36 indexed citations

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